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EN 1.4424 Stainless Steel vs. EN 1.8832 Steel

Both EN 1.4424 stainless steel and EN 1.8832 steel are iron alloys. They have 72% of their average alloy composition in common. There are 32 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (2, in this case) are not shown.

For each property being compared, the top bar is EN 1.4424 stainless steel and the bottom bar is EN 1.8832 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 230
160
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 200
190
Elongation at Break, % 28
25
Fatigue Strength, MPa 350 to 370
290
Impact Strength: V-Notched Charpy, J 90 to 91
90
Poisson's Ratio 0.28
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 78
73
Shear Strength, MPa 520
340
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 800
530
Tensile Strength: Yield (Proof), MPa 480 to 500
390

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 310
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 960
400
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 1430
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 1390
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 480
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 13
49
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 12
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 2.2
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 2.5
8.3

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 15
2.3
Density, g/cm3 7.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 3.4
1.6
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 46
21
Embodied Water, L/kg 140
48

Common Calculations

Resilience: Ultimate (Unit Rupture Work), MJ/m3 190 to 200
120
Resilience: Unit (Modulus of Resilience), kJ/m3 580 to 640
410
Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 25
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 29
19
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 25
19
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 3.5
13
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 23
16

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 0
0.020 to 0.030
Carbon (C), % 0 to 0.030
0 to 0.14
Chromium (Cr), % 18 to 19
0
Iron (Fe), % 68.6 to 72.4
96.8 to 99.98
Manganese (Mn), % 1.2 to 2.0
0 to 1.6
Molybdenum (Mo), % 2.5 to 3.0
0 to 0.2
Nickel (Ni), % 4.5 to 5.2
0 to 0.5
Niobium (Nb), % 0
0 to 0.050
Nitrogen (N), % 0.050 to 0.1
0 to 0.015
Phosphorus (P), % 0 to 0.035
0 to 0.020
Silicon (Si), % 1.4 to 2.0
0 to 0.5
Sulfur (S), % 0 to 0.015
0 to 0.0080
Titanium (Ti), % 0
0 to 0.050
Vanadium (V), % 0
0 to 0.1